Fastener and holder therefor



V. HOST FASTENER AND HOLDER THEREFOR March 30, 1954 Filed Aug. 29, 1951 Patented Mar. 30, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FASTENER AND HOLDER THEREFOR Vera Host, Cambridge, Mass.

Application August 29, 1951, Serial No. 244,217

9 Claims.

This invention relates to small fasteners, such as snap fasteners and hook and eye fasteners, of the type comprising male and female members for use on garments and other articles. Such fasteners must be accurately located on the articles and in the case of hooks and eyes they must be accurately orientated so as to hook together without puckering the fabric to which they are attached. However, due to the small size of such fasteners it is diflicult to hold them accurately in position while stitching or otherwise securing them to articles.

Objects of the present invention are to provide means for conveniently holding the fasteners accurately in position while they are being secured to articles without the necessity of gripping the tiny fasteners individually and to provide holding means which are simple and economical to produce and which are convenient and reliable in use.

According to the present invention the holding means comprises a ribbon or tape, the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ribbon at pre determined intervals along the length of the ribbon with the eyes of the fasteners projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that the fasteners may be attached to material through the eyes before the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be accurately placed and easily held while being attached even though they be small.

Preferably two eyes project beyond the edge of the ribbon. In the case of fasteners having four eyes in each part, the two projecting eyes may be adjacent to each other or they may be opposite to each other. which the eyes project may be either an outside edge or an interior edge formed by a slot in the ribbon. The edge may be completely formed before the fasteners are attached or the ribbon may have a weakened line along which the edge may be completed by tearing the ribbon. While the fasteners may be temporarily mounted on a ribbon in any suitable way, as by weak adhesive, they are preferably stitched lightly to the ribbon. While the ribbon may be formed of fabric, in most cases it is preferably to form it of paper which can easily be torn away after the fastener has been attached.

For the purpose of illustration typical embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figs. 1 to 4 are front views of different embodiments;

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 .is a front view of an embodiment like The edge of the ribbon over that shown in Fig. 4, showing how the fastener is attached to material before the ribbon is removed;

Figs. 7 and 8 are views like Fig. 6 showing another embodiment in which the male and female part are mounted on separate ribbons;

Fig. 9 is a similar embodiment showing how the male and female members are snapped together to hold the two ribbons together;

Fig. 10 is a similar view of still another embodiment;

Fig. 11 is a front view of an embodiment comprising hooks and eyes;

Fig. 12 is a face view of still another embodii ment showing the tape or ribbon threaded through opposite eyes of the fasteners; and

Fig. 13 is a section on line [3-43 of Fig. 12.

The particular embodiment shown in Fig. 1 comprises a ribbon I having weakened lines 2 and 3 and a slot 4. The button 6 is lightly sewed to the ribbon by stitching I through two of the eyes with the other two eyes projecting beyond the edge of the slot 4. The button 8 is similarly attached to the ribbon with two of the eyes overlapping the area defined by the weakened line 3. In use the ribbon is first torn along the line 2. The button 6 may then be sewed to material through the two projecting eyes, after which the ribbon is torn away and the button is stitched through the other two eyes. In the case of the lower half of the ribbon the portion within the weakened line 3 is first torn out, after which the button is attached in the manner described in connection with button 6.

Fig. 2 is like Fig. 1 except in that it shows a series of buttons and it also shows a strip 9 being torn out.

Fig. 3 differs from the preceding figures in that opposite eyes are attached to the ribbon at l I with the intermediate eyes overlying the slots 1 2.

Fig. 4 shows opposite eyes attached to the ribbon 13 with the intermediate eyes disposed over the same slot instead of different slots as in Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 illustrates a preferred way of locating the fasteners on the fabric F to which they are to be attached, namely by attaching the ribbon to the fabric by means of pins 14 before the fastener is sitched to the fabric at l6, after which the pins are removed, the ribbon is torn away and the fastener is attached to the material through the two remaining eyes I1.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the male parts are attached to a ribbon l8 and the female parts to a ribbon 19. By spacing the male and female parts at the same intervals they may be snapped together while on the ribbons. Thus at the time of manufacture they may be snapped together and sold in this condition, being separated by the user before the fasteners are attached to the fabric. The embodiment shown in Fig. 9 also comprises separate ribbons 2i and 22 for the male and female parts. Likewise the embodiment of Fig. comprises separate ribbons 23 and 24 for the two parts. If the interfitting male and female central portions are disposed over the ribbons they should face away from the ribbons as in Figs. 7 and 8, but if they are disposed beyond the edge of the ribbon as in Figs. 9 and 10 they may face either toward or from the ribbons. In Figs. 9 and 10 they are shown as facing toward their respective ribbons, thus when the parts are snapped together both ribbons are between the male and female parts. In the embodiment shown in Figs. '7 and 8 the ribbons are on the outside when the parts are snapped together.

In Fig. 11 the hooks and eyes are lightly stitched to the opposite edges of the same ribbon 26. After the hooks are attached to the material they may be detached from the ribbon by cutting or tearing the stitches 2?. Then before detaching the ribbon from the eyes the latter may be stitched to the material.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 12 and 13 a ribbon or tape 28 is threaded through opposite eyes of the male members and another tape 29 is threaded through the opposite eyes of the female members, the tape crossing from edge to edge of each fastener along the rear side so that the parts may be snapped together While mounted on the tape. As shown in Figs. 12 and 13 they are snapped together through openings 3| in a card 32 so that the female parts are on one side of the card and the male parts are on the other side. To attach the parts they are first removed from the card and then stitched to the material through the eyes which project on opposite sides of the ribbon, after which the ribbon is withdrawn and the fasteners attached through the other two eyes.

From the foregoing it will be understood that by spacing the fasteners on the ribbons at the same intervals they are to be attached to the material F, fasteners may be accurately spaced on the material by stitching each one of a row before the ribbon is detached. In cases where the male and female parts are correspondingly spaced on separate ribbons as in Figs. 4, '7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13, the male parts may be spaced along one side of an opening in material exactly the same as the female parts are distributed along the other side of the opening. By dispensing the fasteners in the manner described they may be quickly and accurately positioned on the fabric even though they be very small. The edges of the ribbon beyond which the eyes of the fasteners project may be discontinuous, as illustrated at the bottom of Figs. 1, 2, 3 and l, or continuous as in the other illustrations, the discontinuous edges being made continuous by tearing before using as above described. a

' It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the ap ended claims.

I claim:

1. An article of the kind described which comprises a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the type having eyes for sewing them on fabric or other material, the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ribbon at predetermined intervals along the length of the ribbon with said eyes projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that the fasteners may be attached to material through said eyes before the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be accurately placed and easily held while being attached even though they be small. a

2. An article of the kind described which comprises a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the type having eyes for sewing them on fabric or other material, the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ribbon at predetermined intervals along the length of the ribbon with two eyes of each fastener projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that the fasteners may be attached to material through said eyes be ore the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be accurately placed and easily held while being attached even though they be small.

3. An article of the kind des riled which comprises a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the type having eyes for sewing them on fabric or other material, the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ribbon at rredetermined inter vals along the length of the ribbon with at least one eye of each fastener disposed over the ribbon and attached thereto and another eye projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that it may be attached to material through the pro'ect ng eyes before the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be ac urately placed and easily held while be'ng attached even though they be small.

4. An article of the kind (escribed comrrising a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the type having four eyes. each fastener being detachably mounted on the ribbon through two of its eyes with its other two eyes projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that the fastener may be attached to material through said projecting eyes at t o s aced locatiens before the ribbon is detached. whereby the astener is held against turning after the ribbon is detached and before the fastener is secured to the material through the other two eyes.

5. An article of the kind described which comprises a sup-porting ribbon and fasteners of the type having eyes for sewing them on fabric or other material, the ribbon having a slot and the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ribbon at predetermined intervals along the length of the slot with said eyes projecting beyond the edge of the slot so that the fasteners may be attached to material through said eyes before the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be accurately placed and easily held while being attached even though they be small.

6. An article of the kind described which comprises a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the tyne having eyes for sewing them on fabric or other material, the ribbon having a slot, the fasteners being detachably mounted on the ri bon at predetermined intervals along the length of the slot with two eyes of each fastener projecting beyond the edge of the slot so that the fasteners be attached to material through said eyes be fore the ribbon is detached, whereby the fasteners may be accurately placed and easily held while being attached even though they be small.

'7. An article of the kind described comprising a su porting ribon and fasteners of the type bar n fo r eyes, the ribbon having a slot and ea h fastener being detachabl mrunted on the ribbon through two of its eyes with its other two eyes projecting beyond the edge of the slot so that the fastener may be attached to material through said projecting eyes at two spaced locations before the ribbon is detached, whereby the fastener is held against turning after the ribbon is detached and before the fastener is secured to the material through the other two eyes.

8. An article of the kind described comprising a supporting ribbon and fasteners of the type having four eyes, each fastener bein detachably mounted on the ribbon through two adjacent eyes with its other two eyes projecting beyond the edge of the ribbon so that the fastener may be attached to mate1ia1 through said pro- J'ecting eyes at two spaced locations before the ribbon is detached from the fastener, whereby the fastener is held against turning after the ribbon is detached and before the fastener is secured to the material through the other two eyes.

9. An article of the kind described comprising a supportin ribbon and fasteners of the type having four eyes, each fastener being detachabiy mounted on the ribbon through two opposite eyes with its other two eyes projecting beyond opposite edges of the ribbon so that the fastener may be attached to material through said projecting eyes at two spaced locations before the ribbon is detached from the fastener, whereby the fastener is held against turning after the ribbon is detached and before the fastener is secured to the material through the other two eyes.

VERA HOST.

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